A star-studded countdown to the 68th Annual Tony Awards ceremony begins on CUNY TV with the all-new special, 2014 TONY AWARDS PREVIEW, co-hosted by entertainment reporter Pat Collins and four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein, a nominee this year for his play Casa Valentina. Collins and Fierstein team up at Hudson Scenic Studio in Yonkers, where the set for the CBS telecast is being built, and with delightful banter introduce segments consisting of clips and interviews in all of the leading categories, including Best Play, Best Musical and Best Revivals.

With exclusive interviews totaling 18 Tony nominees (19 including Harvey), the special debuts Friday, May 30 (2014) on CUNY TV* at 10am, 3pm and 8:30pm; is repeated Sunday 6/1 at noon; and returns as part of a multi-show Tony Marathon on Sunday, June 8, leading right up to the awards telecast. Beginning May 30, the program also may be viewed anytime on www.cuny.tv.

In alphabetical order, the nominees, their categories and shows in the special are:

TYNE DALY - Best Actress in a Play / Mothers And Sons

SARAH GREENE - Best Featured Actress in a Play / The Cripple of Inishmaan

LENA HALL - Best Featured Actress in a Musical / Hedwig and the Angry Inch

JOSHUA HENRY - Best Featured Actor in a Musical / Violet

JAMES MONROE IGLEHART - Best Featured Actor in a Musical / Aladdin

LATANYA RICHARDSON JACKSON - Best Actress in a Play / A Raisin in the Sun

ANDY KARL - Best Actor in a Musical / Rocky

CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER - Best Featured Actress in a Play / The Glass Menagerie

TERRENCE McNALLY - Author, Best Play / Mothers and Sons

MICHAEL MAYER - Best Direction of a Musical / Hedwig And The Angry Inch

JEFFERSON MAYS - Best Actor in a Musical / A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

ALAN MENKEN - Best Original Score / Aladdin

JESSIE MUELLER - Best Actress in a Musical / Beautiful - The Carole King Musical

KELLI O'HARA - Best Actress in a Musical / The Bridges of Madison County

BRYCE PINKHAM - Best Actor in a Musical / A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

ANIKA NONI ROSE - Best Featured Actress in a Play / A Raisin in the Sun